As though they were pages in an ancient tome, Darwin read those layers handily.

Powries, so the ancient tomes declared, were especially resistant to magic, and particularly to any form of possession.

He looked back to the ancient tome again, brushing the dust from the battered cover.

He tucked the ancient tome under his arm and continued on down the corridor to the study.

He had seen these ancient tomes while visiting Erisha some years ago.

That ancient tome alone would have condemned her without another word being said.

There, he had been left alone to read and decipher ancient tomes in an effort to learn more about his own history.

She was in the Library, poring through a thick and ancient tome.

Her eyes shifted in horror to the ancient tome she held.

All the ancient tomes tell of a period when such creatures walked among us.